Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

With help from a new friend, a misfit at a fancy private school secretly enrolls at a public school as a foreign exchange student.

Cast

Danielle Catanzariti

as Esther Blueburger

Keisha Castle-Hughes

as Sunni

Toni Collette

as Mary

Christian Byers

as Jacob Blueburger

Essie Davis

as Grace Blueburger

Russell Dykstra

as Osmond Blueburger

Jonny Pasvolsky

as Mr. Hooper

Cassandra Jinman

as The Slug

Yen Yen Stender

as Ribbon 2 / Lissy

Talia Monaghan

as Ribbon 1 / Missy

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